Racial Justice and the Catholic Church
Racial Justice and the Catholic Church
byWhat does it mean to be white in a society that proclaims race meaningless, yet is deeply divided by race? Written as an accessible overview on white identity from an anti-racist framework, this book is a resource for members of diversity and anti-racism programs and study groups, and students in social sciences, education, and other disciplines.
Pastoral Letters on Race and Racism
- Brothers and Sisters to Us (1979)Pastoral Letter on Racism from U.S. Catholic Bishops.
- What We Have Seen and Heard (1984)A Pastoral Letter on Evangelization from the Black Bishops of the United States.
- Dwell In My Love: A Pastoral Letter on Racism (2001)Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago
- In God’s Image: Pastoral Letter on Racism (2003)Most Reverend Harry J. Flynn, Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
- Created in God's Image: A Pastoral Letter on the Sin of Racism and a Call to Conversion (2003)Dale J. Melczek, Bishop of Gary
Recommended Books
- That They May Be One: Catholic Social Teaching on Racism, Tribalism, and Xenophobia byCall Number: Both Libraries: BX1795.R33 N68 2008
- Interrupting White Privilege: Catholic Theologians Break the Silence byCall Number: Both Libraries: BX1795.R33 I58 2007
- Hearing Past the Pain: Engaging African-American and White Theologians byCall Number: Both Libraries: BX1795.R33 N55 2007
- Uncommon Faithfulness: The Black Catholic Experience byCall Number: Alcuin Library: BX1407.N4 U53 2009
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M. Shawn Copeland
Author and theologian M. Shawn Copeland explores compassion as a disposition, a virtue, a way of being and a way of acting, and considers the contribution compassion makes to creating the common good. Part of the Koch Chair In Catholic Thought & Culture Lectures series.
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- Subcommittee on African American Affairs (SCAAA)The official voice of the African American Catholic community in the United States, from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.
- Ad Hoc Committee Against RacismFocusing on addressing the sin of racism in our society, and even in our Church, and the urgent need to come together as a society to find solutions. From the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.
- Black Catholic Theological SymposiumFostering among Black Catholics an ethical community of scholarly dialogue characterized by Commitment to the fundamental humanity of all persons; Regard for the plurality of cultural, ethnic backgrounds and religious experience among Black peoples; Development of a theology which is authentically Black and truly Catholic.